Opinion

State v. Thompson

  • 627 S.W.2d 298
  • 1982 Mo. LEXIS 429
Court
Supreme Court of Missouri
Filed
Feb 9, 1982
Status
Published
Author
Bardgett
On the bench
Higgins, Donnelly, Rendlen, Welliver, Morgan, Bardgett, Seiler
Cited by
23 cases

The opinion

*304 BARDGETT, Judge,

concurring.

I concur in the principal opinion in this case and regard the matter of the proper and constitutional designation of controlled substances to be of great importance to today’s society. The reversal of the trial court’s dismissal of the information filed charging the defendant with possession of a controlled substance is premised on a presumption of regularity by the division of health. That is to say, it is presumed the division determined that the substance met the criteria of § 195.015.1, RSMo 1978, and the criteria for class-IV schedule substances as set forth in § 195.017.7, RSMo 1978.

The general assembly can remove any doubt about the constitutionality of the designation of controlled substances in Missouri by requiring the Missouri Division of Health to make the findings required by § 195.015.1 and whatever subsection applies to the particular class or schedule by simply amending § 195.015 to require those findings when the notification of federal listing is received by the division as a prerequisite to Missouri’s listing. In the meantime, the division of health could make those findings required by 195.015.1 and the subsection applicable to the particular class or schedule and record those findings in its order declaring the substance to be a controlled substance.

This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.

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